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The Dodik Problem – Civil War in the Balkans Looms Large

November 17, 2021

As the U.S. and E.U. remain asleep at the wheel, the Balkans face what could be another Serb, Bosnian, Croat civil war,

American Insurgency – What Does a Peaceful Transition of Power Look Like Now?

January 17, 2021

America is supposed to be the world’s exporter of democracy, a profile in and of the peaceful transition of power for our

As Trump’s hold on power fades domestic hybrid warfare rages on

December 10, 2020

Behind the scenes of a Trump power grab, America remains engaged in its own, internal, political hybrid warfare.

Cyber Warfare Now – Tales from the Digital Battlefield

July 2, 2019

Democracies worldwide are facing critical challenges from ever expanding cyberwarfare operations with the ability to not just threaten infrastructure, but to control

Israel-Hamas Cyberwar, when old warfare meets new

May 11, 2019

While strategies shift, Israel and Hamas continue to battle in both cyberspace and conventional space. Israel struck 320 ground targets in the

Murder, genocide, politics and the almost surrender of Radovan Karadžić

April 19, 2019

Amidst a bloody genocidal war that erupted after the breakup of Yugoslavia, in 1992, author William Stuebner was sent into the fray

Imagine a Global Space Community … The Space Foundation Can

April 5, 2019

Lima Charlie World is attending the Space Foundation’s Space Symposium in Colorado to discover how the world’s space agencies, military communities and

Is Russia Failing in Ukraine? A Diminishing Threat

March 23, 2019

As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues, with the threat of a potentially greater conflict emerging, critical factors have emerged that

Strike a deal with which devil? The many faces of the Taliban

March 22, 2019

18 years later, the U.S. is engaged in negotiations with the Taliban over the future of Afghanistan. But what exactly is “the

Brothers in Arms, Donald Trump, cigars and a fine steak dinner: The Library in Amman

January 3, 2017

Reflections on a peaceful meal with brothers in arms at a Middle Eastern oasis. A review of the Library Lounge & Cigar

Swords to Plowshares: Urban Farming for the New Warrior

August 19, 2016

A U.S. Army combat veteran reports on the therapeutic nature of returning to the land, and a business built on urban farming.

‘Tickling Giants’ – Bassem Youssef, Sara Taksler charm & inspire

August 17, 2016

I remember landing in Cairo during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, and taking a taxi to the Windsor Hotel. It is located within

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Putin and Trump’s first meeting by the issues

July 7, 2017

Lima Charlie

Today, American President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for over two hours at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.

Lebanon: the Coming Uncivil War

December 3, 2017

John Sjoholm

Part 2 of the “American Foreign Policy Review” series takes a look at our regional allies and foes and a region facing

Middle East – North Africa News Brief

April 10, 2017

MENA Bureau

MENA Regional Low Intensity Conflicts, April 3 – April 8 [SYRIA]: Spanish authorities raided Rifaat al-Assad’s assets in a corruption inquiry on April 3rd. Rifaat

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Gov. Terry McAuliffe to Charlottesville neo-Nazis, white supremacists, ‘GO HOME’

August 12, 2017

Lima Charlie

Charlottesville, Virginia – Amid 3 dead and over a dozen injured after violence erupted and a man drove a car into a crowd

A New Front in Syria? Turkish forces launch ‘Operation Olive Branch’ against Kurd, ISIL forces

January 21, 2018

Lima Charlie

After two days of artillery fire Turkish air forces joined an assault, somewhat inappropriately called, “Operation Olive Branch,” on the Syrian province

Russia, Syria Rage Against ISIS to Take Back the Dam

June 13, 2016

John Sjoholm

Water: the unlikely WMD. As reported last week, Syrian Special Forces, supported by Russian Special Forces, made substantial gains in the march

Douglas Dillard: A Soldier’s Soldier. A Real Man

June 1, 2016

Lima Charlie

On Monday, May 30, 2016, Memorial Day, the non-profit organization The Greatest Generations Foundation took ten WWII veterans back to Normandy, France, to

Lebanon crisis appears to end as PM Saad Hariri backtracks on resignation

November 22, 2017

Lima Charlie

Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, has deferred his resignation. Hours after returning to Beirut, Hariri announced Wednesday he was putting it on hold. “Today,